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40 CFR 461.44: Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

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  1. Title 40—Protection of Environment
  2. CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  3. SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
  4. PART 461—BATTERY MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
  5. Subpart D—Leclanche Subcategory

(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart that introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources listed below:

(1) Subpart D—Foliar Battery Miscellaneous Wash—PSES.

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

Metric units—mg/kg of cells produced

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cells produced

Mercury 0.010 0.004

Zinc 0.067 0.030

Manganese 0.019 0.015

(b) There shall be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed above.

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